Fastener



SepEQG, 1932." H. P. TR'OENDLY FASTENER Filed July 28, 1950 INVENTORflan-7 i ram/ ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE may-r. TnoENnLY, orCHICAGO, rumors, sssrenon TorAnvA rnonuo'rs con- PANY, OF WIIMINGT ON,DELAWARE, xA. CORPORATION OF DELAWARE p FASTENEB Application use ull-2s, 1930. Serial No. 471,816.

. This invention relates to fasteners-and has particular reference to abuckle adapted for use in the supporting of garments or thelike.

The invention contemplates the provision of a buckle which will not slipand which may be easily and quickly adjusted to any length of strap.

The invention contemplates further the provision of a buckle which willfind particu lar utility when used in connection with the strap of anoverall and which, when soused, will be positioned close to the overallbib to thus. eliminate the necessity of having a hard metal slide or thelike on the overall strap adjacent the shoulder of the wearer.

The. invention further contemplates the provision of a buckle which willbe equally well adapted for connection to a button'or a buttonhole andwith which the strap may be connected by a simple threading operation.

The buckle constructed in accordance with the teachings of thisinvention will be simple in construction, capable of economicalproductionon a commercial scale, and may be produced without welding.

The above and many other objects and advantages of the present invention.will become more apparent as the following-description proceeds,particularly'when refer- A ence is had to'the accompanying drawingwherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a buckle constructed in accordancewith the teachings of this invention"; I

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2--2 ofFigure 1 and showing a strap connected to the buckle;

Figures 3 and 4 are elevational views showing applications of the buckletoa garment;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevational viewof a slightly modified form ofconstruction;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a still further modifiedform of construction and v Figure 7 is a view similarto Figure 1 showing. a still further modified form of construction.

1 Heretofore it has been customary, 1n order to connect the strap of anoverall to the bib thereof, to form a loop-in the overall strap portionadapted forconnection with a button and to adj'ustably connect the freeend of this loop to the body of the strap by means of a slide buckle. Awire loop'member has them been slidably mounted on the loop of the strapfor connection with the button formed'ss on the overall bib. The'slidefor adjusting the length of the overall strap has generally I beenformed of. wire and, in use, it has been found that. this strapgenerally assumes a position on the top of the shoulder of the wearer. v1 This method of attaching anoveral-l vstrap to anoverall bib has notproven entirely satisfactory; first, because it has been necessary toform separatemembers, including the .wlre loop member and the adjustableslide,

' slide and loop member which may be stamped from substantially flatmaterial so that the necessity of welding the ends of the wire, as wasnecessary in the formation .of wire buckles,is eliminated.

Broadly, the invention "comprises a stampinghaving a portion adaptedforadjustable connection to a strap and having a second or with thematerial adjacent a buttonhole. Several embodiments of the imlentiveidea are disclosed in the drawing, and, by refer-- ence to the figuresthereof, it will be noted that the buckle may comprise a metal stampingdesignated generally by the reference character 10. In its preferredform, the

stamping provides a frame having the upper and lower sides 11 and 12,respectively, and the ends 13 and 14. Integrally. connected with thisframe by a neck 15 is a loop member 16 which, as illustrated, maypreferably be clover leaf shaped to provide the opening 17 for a purposehereinafter to be more fully described.

' drawing, the frame will be adjacent the bib Stamped integral with thesides 13 and 14 are bars 18 and 19, the latter being provided withportions 20 oflset in the direction of the side 12 of the frame. Thesebars provide members about which an overall strap, such as designated bythe reference character 21 in Figure 2 of the drawing, may be threadedto adj ustably connect the buckle to the strap. Thus, as illustrated,the strap may be threaded under the side 11, over the bars 18 and 19,then upwardly around the bar 19 and in back of the bar 18, after whichthe free end of the strap may be permitted to hang downwardly in theposition shown in Figure 2. When the strap is thus threaded in theframe, it

will be found that the strap will be firmly but adjustably connected tothe frame. 7 The loop member 16 is, as brought out before, provided withthe opening 1"? for engagement with a button 25, as clearly illustratedin Figure 3 of the drawing. Thus, the button fixed to the bib 26 may beinserted through the portion of the opening 17 and the buckle may thenbe moved to position the button over the reduced portion of the opening17 with the result that the button may not become accidentallydisengaged from the loop member. With the loop member connected to abutton and with the frame adjustably connected to the overall strap, itwill be found that, as illustrated'in Figure 3 of the 26 with the freeend of the overall strap behind the bib.

The loop member is equally well adapted for engagement with the materialadjacent a tend at substantially right angles to the neck 15' andparallel to the side 12' of the frame buttonhole, as illustrated inFigure-t of the drawing. Thus,the loop member is provided with theportions 27 and 28, which extend at substantially right angles to theneck 15 and parallel to t e side 12 of the frame, these portions thusbeing adapted for hooking engagement with the material adjacent abuttonhole 29. With the loop member engaged in a buttonhole in themanner illustrated, it will be found that the buckle will again belocated adjacent the bib ot the overall where it is readily accessiblefor adjustment and that the free end of the'overall strap will liebehind the overall bib.

In Figure 5 a slightly modified form of construction is disclosed inwhich there is substituted for the loop member a member WlllCll isadapted only for" engagement with the material adjacent a bu'ttonhole:

This member may be stamped integral with the frame from fiat sheetmaterial and may be connected to the base 12" of the frame by a neck15'. The member 35 is, of course, pro=.

vided with the portions 36 and 37 which em for hookin engagement withthe material adjacent a uttonhole.

In Figure 6 a further modification-ot the ea er? inventive idea isdisclosed in which the bar 19 of the buckle is provided withthe serratededge 38 which, as illustrated, may be and lower sides 11 and 12respectively. In

this form of construction, however, the loop member 16* is not adaptedfor engagement with the material'adjacent a buttcnhole but is onlyadapted for engagement with a but ton or the like. Thus. the neck 15 iseliminated andthe base 5010f the loop member 16 is formed integralzwithand merges into the lower side 1290f the frame. The loop memberlti isprovided with the opening 17 which, as illustrated, may be, if desired,substantially clover leaf shaped, while the frame is provided with thecross bars 18 and 19 to permit adjustable connection of theframe to astrap. Thus this form of construction providesra frame adapted foradjustable connection to a strap and a loop member having its oneisideformed integral with one side of theirame, this loop member beingadapted .lor engagement with a button.

be formed to lie in a single plane, the buckle will be extremely tlatand will thus lie closely in each of the modifications disclosed, it

directed toward the side 12 of the frame. lln

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adjacent the body of the wearer. The strap may be readily adjusted onthe buckle and the portion of the buckle which is adj ustably connectedto the strap will be, adjacent the upper edge of the bib of the overalland thus will not be in a" position to bite into the shoulder of thewearer.

While the invention has been described with considerable detail, it isto be clearly understood that the description is forthe urposes ofillustration only and is not definitive or the limits of the inventiveidea. The right is therefore reserved to make such changes in thedetails of construction and arrangement of parts as will fall within thepurview of the attached claims. f

What I claim asmy invention is:

1. A new articleol manufacture comprising a sheet metal stamping shapedto define aframe, spaced are connecting opposite sides of said frame,afclover leaf shaped loop, and a connection between said loop and saidframe, one of said bars being provided with rounded odset portions"arranged in the plane inga frame, having spaced ends, a bar conco-actionwith said bar and cooperating with said frame for holding a strap foldedaround said bar with the portions of the strap on opposite sides of theline of fold thereof extending in substantially the same direction.

from said bar, the offset portions-on the bar being adapted to engagethe line of fold of the strap upon the exertion of a relative pullbetween the strap and frame longitudinally of the strap, the spacing ofthe offset portions providing for a transverse distortion of the strapagainst the direction of pull.

3. A new article of manufacture comprising a frame having spaced ends, abar connecting the spaced ends of said frame, blunt ofi'set portions onsaid bar, said offset portions being spaced a substantial /distanceapart and extending in the same direction from said bar, and meansincluding a second bar free from clamping co-action with saidfirst-mentioned bar and connecting the spaced ends of said'frame forholding a strap folded around said first mentioned bar with the pottionsof the strap on opposite sides of the line of fold thereof extending insubstantially the same direction from said bar, the

offset portions on the first mentioned bar 'being adapted to engage theline of fold of l the strap upon the exertion of a relative pull betweenthe strap and frame longitudinally of the strap, the spacing of theoffset portions providing for a transverse distortion of the strapagainst the direction of pull.

4. A new article of manufacture comprisin a frame having a loopextending from one side thereof, a bar connecting opposite ends 'of saidframe and extending substan tially parallel with the said loop side,blunt ofi'set portions on said bar, said offset portions being spaced asubstantial distance apart and extending from said bar in the directionof the loop side of the frame, and means free from clamping co-actionwith said bar and cooperating with said frame for holding a strap foldedaround said bar in such a manner that the offset portions on the barwill engage the line offold of the strap upon'the exertion of a relativepull between the strap and frame longitudinally ofthe strap, the spacingof said ,ofi'set portions pro- 'viding for a transverse distortion ofthe strap against the direction of pull.

5. A new article of manufacture comprising a frame having upper andlower side bars arid end bars connecting said side bars, upper andlowerintermediate bars connect ing said end bars and dividing the interior ofsaid frame into upper, lower and intermediate slots, and blunt offsetport-ions'on said lower intermediate bar, said ofiset portions beingspace a substantial distance apart ,and extending from said bar in thedirection of the lower side bar of the frame, the arrangement being suchthat a strap folded around said lower intermediate bar and havingportions on opposite sides of its line of fold threaded through saidupper slot will have its line of fold engaged by the offset portions 11the lower intermediate bar upon the exertlon of-a relative pull betweenthe strap and frame longitudinally of the strap, the offset portions onsaid lower intermediate bar being suificiently rigid and the spacingthereof being such as to provide for a transverse distortion of thestrap against the direction of pull. v

6. A new article of, manufacture comprising a frame having upper andlower side bars and end bars connecting said side bars, upper and lowerintermediate bars free from clamping co-action with each other andconnecting said end bars and dividing the interior of said frame intoupper, lower and intermediate slots, a loop extending from the lowersidebar "of said frame, and blunt ofiset portions von said lowerintermediate bar,-said offset portions being spaced a substant-ialdistance apart and extending from said bar in the direction of the lowerside strap, the spacing of the offset portionspro-' viding for atransverse distortion of the strap against the direction of pull.

7. A. new article of manufacture comprising asheet metal stamping shapedto define a frame having upper and lower side barsand end barsconnecting said side bars, upper 1 and lower intermediate barsintegrally connecting said end bars and dividing the interior of saidframe into upper, lower and intermediate slots, :1 loop formed integralwith the lower side bar of said frame, and a blunt offset portions onsaid lower intermediate bar, said offset portions being spaced asubstantial distance apart andextending from said bar in the directionof the'lower side bar of the frame, the arrangementbeing such that astrap so threaded through said slots as to be held in folded positionabout said lower intermediate bar will have its line of foldengaged bythe said ofi'set portions upon the exertion of a relative pull betweenthe strap and frame longitudinally of the strap, the spacing of theoffset portions providing for a transverse distortion of the strapagainst the direction of pull. U

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

,HARRY, P. TROENDLY.

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